A deal isn't a deal until money is exchanged and a hand shake ensues. For every "douchy" seller there is a flaky buyer that backs out on a deal as well. Nature of the hobby when you're dealing with high value collectibles. Sure it sucks you lost out on a machine, but blaming a guy cause they were able to get more money? That's Commy talk ! Groovy, Smashing, Yay Capitalism !